GUILFORD — A uniform used by a Marine in World War I is more than just a military artifact to Dennis Jackson. It's the history of the person who wore it.

Jackson, 59, a collector who operates a small medical company from his house in Guilford, specializes in collecting World War I Marine Corps and aviation artifacts, some of which are unique. He doesn't just buy up the items — he seeks out their stories.

"It's OK to collect the uniforms, the guns and the whatever, but I wanted to know more about the men who actually fought in the war and whose artifacts that I have in my collection," he said in his kitchen on Thursday. "I wanted to learn more about who wore them, the family history. So all of the stuff in my collection I have interviewed the families."

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